Matthew 8:14-17

Matthew 8:14 f. Simon's Wife's Mother (Mark 1:29 *, Luke 4:38 f.). Mt. abbreviates and heightens Mk. the cure is wrought by a mere touch.

Matthew 8:16 f. The Sunset Healings (Mark 1:32 *, Luke 4:40 f.). Not ere the sun was set, as the well-known hymn has it, but Mt. omits this note as he does not say it was on the Sabbath. Note his transposition of Mk.'s all brought and many healed; he will not admit the possibility that any were uncured. The unqualified mention of spirits in this connexion is unique in NT. with a word: cf. Matthew 8. For Mt.'s omission of Mark 1:34 b, cf. Matthew 12:15 (= Mark 3:11).

Matthew 8:17 is an adaptation of Isaiah 53:4; as Mt. uses it, there is no reference to the propitiatory value of the Servant's work, no bearing on the doctrine of the Atonement (M-' Neile).